Researchers at Queen’s are leading a €50 million, Europe-wide, project to develop new drug treatments that could improve the lives of patients with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. The iABC (inhaled Antibiotics in Bronchiectasis and Cystic Fibrosis) consortium, which is made up of world-leading lung specialists from across Europe, will develop new ‘inhaled antibiotics’ to […]
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Posted by Neill Wallace in: EU Horizon News
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Enterprise Ireland held a networking event at Griffith College Dublin on the 2nd July 2015. This event titled “ICT in the Societal Challenges” focused on bringing together the ICT research community in Ireland together with the research communities from the societal challenges in Horizon 2020. With the launch of the 2016-2017 work programs expected in […]
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Posted by Neill Wallace in: Local Horizon News
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Academics and local businesses recently attended the EU funding drop in clinic at the Ulster universities Coleraine campus. The event was organised to highlight the funding available to local researchers and businesses from Europe. Attendees heard presentations on INTERREG, LIFE and Horizon 2020 funding programs from the Department of the Environment and the Agri Food […]
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Posted by Neill Wallace in: Local Horizon News
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In its recently published Energy Union Package, the Commission puts a new European energy R&I approach – including an upgraded Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan – at the heart of its framework strategy for a resilient Energy Union. In this context, Invest NI with the assistance of Horizon 2020 NICP Energy and support of Ulster […]
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Posted by Neill Wallace in: Local Horizon News
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Some of the foremost Agri-Food companies and ICT industry experts in Northern Ireland recently attended a highly successful scoping workshop in the area of ‘Precision Technology’ organised by scientists at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Hillsborough. N. Ireland has an extremely active ICT (Information & Communications Technology) sector, which is at the forefront of […]
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Posted by Neill Wallace in: Local Horizon News
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Justice Minister David Ford has encouraged organisations across Northern Ireland to apply for funding through the new EU funding initiative, Horizon 2020. The Minister was speaking as he opened the first all-Ireland Horizon 2020 Secure Societies event at the QUB Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology. Horizon 2020 is Europe’s largest EU innovation and […]
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Posted by Neill Wallace in: Local Horizon News
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Access Ulster will help increase levels of research and development and inspire creativity within the business and wider community, creating commercial opportunities, employment and export growth. Ulster University has unveiled a unique online portal that will help businesses and entrepreneurs benefit from its world leading research and expertise. The Access Ulster portal was launched by […]
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Posted by Neill Wallace in: Local Horizon News
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